Watch the 2009 NZ Open live
TUNE IN: Watch the Burton New Zealand Open on GO211.com
August 14 - 15, 2009
WHAT: Live event webcasts on GO211.com. Webcasts will feature the men’s and women’s halfpipe and slopestyle semi-finals and finals taking place on August 14 – 15 at Cardrona Alpine Resort in New Zealand. GO211.com will be providing cool interactive technologies (live scoring, live standings, competition rankings and rider bios) that will allow the viewer to take a more active role.
WHO: Scotty James, Nathan Johnstone, Jye Kearney and Michaela Davis-Meehan are just a few of the top Australian riders who plan to compete for a piece of the NZ$50,000 prize purse.
WHEN: Catch the entire events as they go down with LIVE webcasts on GO211.com during the following times:
LIVE WEBCASTS: Australian Time Zone
Friday, August 14
Morning Show 7:20 a.m. – 7:40 a.m. (EDT)
Slopestyle Semi-finals: Women 7:40 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. (EDT)
Slopestyle Semi-finals: Men 9:20 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (EDT)
Slopestyle Finals 11:50 a.m. – 1:20 p.m. (EDT)
End Show 1:20 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. (EDT)
Saturday, August 15
Morning Show 7:15 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. (EDT)
Halfpipe Semi-finals: Women 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. (EDT)
Halfpipe Semi-finals: Men 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (EDT)
Halfpipe Finals 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. (EDT)
End Show 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (EDT)
(NOTE: webcast times subject to change based on weather or other unforeseeable incidents.)
For anyone who misses the live webcasts or the daily replays, both highlights of the winning runs and the full webcasts will be available for on-demand viewing after the event is over on http://www.GO211.com. A replay of the slopestyle webcast will take place at 7:00 a.m. EDT on Friday, August 21st and a replay of the halfpipe webcast will take place at 7:00 a.m. EDT on Saturday, August 22nd.
For more information on the New Zealand Open, visit http://www.opensnowboarding.com
Sweet, I like that it can be watched ad highlights and webcasts on demand as I’ll miss a lot of this due to other commitements
It wont be on free TV would it?
It wont be on free TV would it?
It’s on the net at go211.com as live webcasts then after the even t as on-demand
It wont be on free TV would it?
It’s on the net at go211.com as live webcasts then after the even t as on-demand
Ahh, my download limits are going through the roofs.
Im getting a fair few albums and ministry of sounds.
by the way, heres the link to the buller carpool: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=101631131803&ref=ts
Thanks for the link. Unlucky on the downloads but I assume they’ll stay up for quite a while if you do end up wanting to watch them.
cheers dude. I think ill just watch the highlights.
year 12 is killing me atm.
cheers dude. I think ill just watch the highlights.
year 12 is killing me atm.
Just think, 3 and a half months and you’re done 
Keep hanging in there
Even less cos theres the holidays and study vacation
I honestly dont want it to be over.
Year 12 is the best year.
Even less cos theres the holidays and study vacation
I honestly dont want it to be over.
Year 12 is the best year.
Freedom for you though, you planning on uni degree or job? (Maybe continue this in private messages)
Thanks for posting that.
I’m excited to be able to watch it, hopefully I will.
That is of course NZ times? I’ll have to do the math and figure out what times that is for the Eastern Standard Time Zone.
I like watching TV online, more than I do the normal way.
Watch out though. It really sucks out your download limit.
A couple of months back, we had just changed internet providers to optus and my parents were so kind to not tell me.
I thought we still had unlimited downloads so I continuously left stuff to download off the internet.
Just before the end of the month, my parents say “dont blow the limit cos you’ll have to pay for whatever exceeds”
I exceeded by only about 1gb and then was chargedabout 150 bucks extra. they are such a ripoff. They charge something like 15 cents for each megabyte you exceed
ummm, I think I missed it all ready.
10:38:35 Friday August 14, 2009 in US/Eastern converts to
02:38:35 Saturday August 15, 2009 in NZ
Yeah, I’m on unlimited after the download limit kept going over. Worse is that ‘mobile internet’ stuff. Each megabyte over is ~$10
Thats what a computer is for man. The only ones who can afford $10 a megabyte are those wall street workers and their blackberrys 
well, there are a few plans floating around with good deals.
I’ve got free facebook on mine
Jamie Anderson and Sebastien Toutant Win New Zealand Open Slopestyle Titles
LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (August 14, 2009) – Another day of bluebird skies graced Cardrona Alpine Resort, which remained impervious to the clouds, sitting above the inversion layer once again for men’s and women’s slopestyle semifinal and final competitions today. Part of the Burton Global Open Series and the Swatch Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour, the seventh annual New Zealand Open showcased some of the world’s best riders as they took to Cardrona’s 800m long slopestyle course, which featured up and downrails, boxes, three kickers and a unique upstair feature to quarterpipe.
A field of 42 men and 16 women were battling it out for a piece of the $24,000 slopestyle prize purse and the top spots worth $6,000 each. An international field of riders from nine countries included New Zealand’s own Shelly Gotlieb, James Hamilton, Stef Zeestraten, in addition to BGOS Champions Chas Guldemond and Jamie Anderson, Olympians Danny Kass and Mason Aguirre, and many more.
The women were first to drop and competition was stiff through semifinals, but it was Kiwi Shelly Gotlieb that came out on top, killing it on the course with a run that featured style and variety on the rails, a Cab 5 indy, a backflip and a backside 360 tailgrab. Gotlieb continued to ride strong through the finals, taking third, being outdone by Janna Weatherby (USA) in second and 2008 NZO slopestyle champion Jamie Anderson (USA) in first. Anderson impressed the judges with a run that started with a street style tailslide, 5-0 to fakie on the box into a switch backside 360 on the first kicker, followed by a Cab 540 melon into a front 360 melon, followed by a 5-0 on the uprail, to a tail stall on the quarterpipe, finishing with a 50/50 frontside boardslide on the kinked rail. “I had a blast,” said Anderson of her win. “It was a beautiful day, we lucked out with the weather, and I was happy with my riding, I had so much fun today.”
French Canadians Sebastien Toutant and Charles Reid clinched the top two spots in men’s semifinals, Toutant taking the top spot by wowing the judges with his signature “Toutsie Roll,” a backside doublecork 1080 melon. Reid couldn’t stick his run in the finals, dropping him to the back of the pack, but Torstein Horgmo (NOR) threw down in his third and final run with back to back 1080s, giving him an edge and finishing second. Eric Willet (USA) stuck back-to-back 900s and had smooth style on the rails, giving him an edge and riding away with third. But in the end, Sebastien recreated his winning run from semis by starting off with a backside 270 on the first rail to 50/50 backside 360 on the second rail, into a backside rodeo 540 indy, into a Cab 900 stalefish, followed by a backside 1080 double cork melon, followed by a noseslide on the uprail to alleyoop backside 50/50 on the quarter, finishing with a frontside boardslide on the kinked rail. “I’m so stoked to win my first contest of the year,” said Toutant. “It was a great course, very different. I had fun trying new things and am so happy to do well.”
With 850 TTR ranking points, both winners of today’s slopestyle finals took over the world number one spots on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour. The Burton New Zealand Open is a perfect opportunity for riders to get a jumpstart heading into the Northern Hemisphere winter.
Tomorrow the New Zealand Open will come to a close with halfpipe semifinals and finals, don’t miss your chance to see Olympic Gold Medalists Kelly Clark and Shaun White, in addition to two-time Olympic medalist Danny Kass, past Olympians Mason Aguirre (USA), Cheryl Maas (NED), Antti Autti (FIN) and Olympic hopefuls like Jiayu Liu (CHN), Peetu Piiroinen (FIN), Jamie Anderson (USA), Justin Lamoureux (CAN), Lisa Wiik (NOR), Danny Davis (USA) and Sina Candrian (SUI).
Burton would like to thank Cardrona Alpine Resort, Go211.com, Speight’s Summit Golden Lager, Juice TV, The Edge FM, Anon Optics, High Cascade Snowboard Camp, Nature Valley, goodbars.co.nz, Joe’s Garage, SolRX, McKenna, Smirnoff Ice Double Black and Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour for their support of the New Zealand Open.
If you can’t make it to New Zealand, watch the semi-finals and finals live on Go211.com, where webcasts and highlights of the competitions will also be available for on-demand viewing once the event is over.
Results
Slopestyle Final Women
1 Jamie Anderson USA Billabong
2 Janna Weatherby USA Volcom
3 Shelly Gotlieb NZL Burton
4 Joanna Dzierzawski USA 686
5 Silvia Mittermueller GER Oakley
6 Hana Beaman USA Vans
Slopestyle Final Men
1 Sebastien Toutant CAN O’Neill
2 Torstein Horgmo NOR DC
3 Eric Willett USA OMatic
4 Tore Holvik NOR Sweet
5 Seppe Smits BEL Burton
6 Stef Zeestraten NZL Oakley